NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Dodge Ram 3500 Recalls
The 2005 Dodge Ram 3500 has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 3, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Dodge Ram 3500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 196
- Crashes reported
- 23
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
On a 2005 Dodge Ram 3500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2005 Dodge Ram 3500
Air bags
- Campaign
- 14V770000
- Reported
- December 3, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 250,896
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2004 Ram 3500, 6 other models
Steering: linkages: tie rod assembly
- Campaign
- 13V528000
- Reported
- November 6, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 706,664
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2006–2008 Ram 3500, 2 other models
Steering: linkages: tie rod assembly
- Campaign
- 11V350000
- Reported
- July 6, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 242,780
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2006–2009 Ram 3500, 3 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: column shift
- Campaign
- 05V462000
- Reported
- October 6, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 250,433
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Ram 3500, 1 other model
Suspension
- Campaign
- 07E009000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2006–2007 Ram 3500, 1 other model
Visibility: glass, side/rear
- Campaign
- 07E104000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2004, 2006–2008 Ram 3500, 9 other models
Steering: gear box: shaft pitman
- Campaign
- 10E013000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2006–2008 Ram 3500, 2 other models
2005 Dodge Ram 3500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 196 owner complaints about the 2005 Dodge Ram 3500, the newest on December 5, 2025. Of these, 23 describe a crash (12%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2005 Dodge Ram 3500, the component group named most often is the steering (31%), followed by the air bags (17%) and the power train (16%).
3 of the 2005 Dodge Ram 3500's 7 recalls also concern the steering.
Where 2005 Dodge Ram 3500 owners gave the mileage (137 complaints), the median was 82,251 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering61
- Air Bags33
- Power Train32
- Suspension17
- Electrical System15
- Engine And Engine Cooling10
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 25 | |
| 2006 | 14 | |
| 2007 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 13 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 30 | |
| 2015 | 24 | |
| 2016 | 22 | |
| 2017 | 12 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2005 Dodge Ram 3500 peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 30. 28% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Dodge Ram 3500 drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Dodge Ram 3500 year in the same window: 4th highest of the 13 ranked years.
The 196 complaints about the 2005 Dodge Ram 3500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Ram 3500 by model year
Other 2005 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: December 5, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted